Preprint-centric publishing model gets major boost

Else, Holly

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European funders put weight behind emerging ‘publish, review, curate’ approach for preprints.

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  1. Holly Else

Science funders and research organizations in Europe are joining forces to expand open-access publishing and make the peer-review process more transparent, with the aim of spurring change in scholarly communication.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03445-w

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  • Update 28 October 2026: The original version of this story mischaracterized how editors and peer reviewers use standardized terms in assessments of papers at eLife; this description has been revised. Comment from Kamran Naim has been added.

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